Kozani Football Club (Greek: Φ.Σ. Κοζάνη) is a Greek football club from Kozani, Greece. The club was founded in April 1964 in Kozani, Greece following the merger between Makedonikos (founded in 1928) and Olympiakos Kozanis (founded in 1928) and since then it has won the Delta Ethniki a record 5 times. The club plays in Gamma Ethniki, the third tier of Greek football.

Kozani
Full nameFilathlo Somateio Kozanis
Nickname(s)Sourdoi
Erythrolefki (Red-Whites)
Founded1964; 60 years ago (1964)
GroundKozani Municipal Stadium
Capacity4,000
PresidentChristos Petrocheilos
ManagerAngelos Digozis
LeagueGamma Ethniki
2023–24Super League Greece 2, 9th (relegated)
Websitehttps://kozanifc.gr/

History

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The football section of Kozani is one of the sections in sports that hasn't achieved a lot in the Greek football league for the city of Kozani, resulting the team to be 5 times champions in the Fourth Division (1995, 1997, 2004, 2009, 2013) and win the promotion to the Third Division with some good performances in the past years. They also finished 3rd three more times in 1988, 1990 and 1998 where they lost promotion in the last games.

After the 2005-06 season, the club, was relegated to Delta Ethniki (4th tier) after failing to win the last game away at Drama. However, the crucial match tο avoid the relegation was against Polykastro at home where the team drew 1-1 instead of winning and staying in the division.

In the 2006–07 season, the club played in the Delta Ethniki where it finished in the 8th place. In the 2007–08 season, the club remained another year in the Delta Ethniki and finished 3rd. In the 2008–09 season, the club played again in the Delta Ethniki and won promotion to the Gamma Ethniki (3rd tier). In the 2009–10 season, the club finished 13th in the North Group and remained in the Gamma Ethniki. In the 2010–11 season, the club finished 16th and relegated to Delta Ethniki. In the 2011–12 season, the club played in the Delta Ethniki where it finished in the 4th place. In the 2012–13 season, the club won promotion to the Gamma Ethniki as the Delta Ethniki was merged with Gamma Ethniki in one tier. During the 2013–14 season they competed in the new "Gamma Erasitehniki" (3rd amateur league). The following year (2014–15) they were ranked 10th in the Gamma Erasitehniki, too. After a disappointing season, Kozani finished 10th in the 2015–16 Gamma Erasitehniki in the Group 1, and the club was relegated to Kozani FCA championship. In the 2019-20 season, the club won the promotion to the Gamma Erasitehniki. In 2023, Kozani participated in the promotion play-offs of Gamma Erasitehniki (3rd tier), after winning their respective group, and won promotion to Super League Greece 2. In 2023-24, relegated again to 3rd amateur tier.

Crest and colours

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In the emblem the team kept the date both teams were founded in 1928 and took the colours of Olympiakos Kozanis (red) and Makedonikos (white). The emblem of Kozani is the big clock of the Town Hall.

 
Kozani team bus

Stadium

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Kozani Stadium

Kozani plays its home games at the Municipal Stadium of Kozani (Δημοτικό Στάδιο Κοζάνης). The stadium holds 4,000 and was built in 1955.

Honours

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Leagues

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  • Third Division
    • Winners (2): 1980–81, 2022–23
  • Fourth Division (existed until 2013)
    • Winners (5): 1994–95, 1996–97, 2003–04, 2008–09, 2012–13
  • Kozani FCA Championship
    • Winner (1): 2019–20

Cups

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  • Greek Football Amateur Cup
    • Winner (1): 1992–93
  • Kozani FCA Cup
    • Winners (5): 1992–93, 1994–95, 2007–08, 2012–13, 2022–23
  • Kozani FCA Super Cup
    • Winner (1): 2020

Players

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squad

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   GRE Anastasios Karagiozis
2 DF   GRE Xenofon Panos
3 DF   GRE Thomas Tsimpoukas
4 MF   GRE Konstantinos Itsios
5 DF   GRE Dimitrios Souliotis
6 MF   GRE Theocharis Psaltis
7 MF   GRE Manolis Kallergis
8 DF   NZL Themistoklis Tzimopoulos
9 FW   GRE Athanasios Kanoulas
10 FW   GRE Savvas Siatravanis
11 MF   GRE Georgios Apostolidis
15 GK   GRE Athanasios Bikos
17 FW   CRO Josip Maganjić
19 MF   GRE Konstantinos Voriazidis
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF   GRE Dimitrios Grammenos
21 MF   GRE Giannis Papadopoulos
22 FW   GRE Panagiotis Katanas
26 GK   GRE Prodromos Blatsiotis
27 DF   GRE Vangelis Anastasopoulos
28 MF   GRE Spyros Natsos
30 MF   GRE Dimitrios Aslampaloglou
31 DF   GRE Dimitrios Tatsis
34 DF   GRE Nikos Korovesis
44 MF   GRE Alexandros Doris
70 MF   GRE Evripidis Giakos
72 FW   SRB Đorđe Maksimović
88 MF   GRE Alexandros Karagiannis
93 GK   BIH Slaviša Bogdanović
99 FW   GRE Theocharis Pozatzidis
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